Earnshaw, Thomas, 1749 - 1829 (maker of watches and chronometers)
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Confirmed minutes, 1802 - 1823
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/7
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, tables devised by José Mendoza de Ríos; correspondence with John Crosley (the astronomer with the expedition to New South Wales); a claim for a reward for Charles Mason's work on lunar tables; a report on the Arnold and Earnshaw chronometers going on the voyage of Captain Matthew Flinders; grants and awards to chronometer-makers; the observations of Nathaniel Bliss when he was Astronomer Royal; models of watch escapements...
Dates:
1802 - 1823
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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